---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nutritional advice."
description: "Nutritional advice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1444"
citation: "California AB 1444 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nutritional advice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4af25459-8d7c-4fb0-b224-243525e7182e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444"
source_hash: "58c842983750e35453b7af134f269d430e6f623cd3488e0320e4961cfc2cca34"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1444 (20012002) — Nutritional advice.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144499INT)
2. **04/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144498AMD)
3. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144497AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144496AMD)
5. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144495AMD)
6. **07/19/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144494AMD)
7. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144493AMD)
8. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144491CHP)
9. **AB1444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444)
10. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1444&version=20010AB144492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #29 AB1444 Maddox By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1444 Maddox Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1444 Maddox Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3665.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2203.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 30). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4af25459-8d7c-4fb0-b224-243525e7182e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).